Enviromental Defense
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The partial release reveals the chaotic, developer-led process that did an end-run around the normal planning approval process and was driven by political staff in the Minister’s office. ECOJUSTICE uses the power of the law to defend nature, combat climate change, and fight for a healthy environment.
CEQA Developments
AUGUST 26, 2022
Unfortunately, that fundamental policy has not been honored; CEQA has lost its way and become, as Senator Scott Weiner aptly put it, the “law that swallowed California.” Whether California’s legislature can summon the political will to reform CEQA as needed to solve our housing crisis remains one of the great questions of our time. .
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Enviromental Defense
OCTOBER 24, 2023
However, because the Ontario government now has no effective assessment or safeguards of its own that cover key environmental and social necessities, a declaration that the current language of the Impact Assessment Act is invalid could, theoretically, create a temporary gap in the law.
Circle of Blue
APRIL 6, 2022
Water infrastructure investment decisions are far too important, with far too many consequences, to be used for brazenly political purposes in the lead up to an election.”. Australian officials dismantle a national advisory board days after some of its members criticized a recent dam proposal. In Recent Water News. More Water News.
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 6, 2023
Modeled after Irvine Ranch in California, the largest planned community in the United States, Teravalis is seen by local and state elected leaders as a crowning achievement in a booming real estate market. The law also requires developers to replenish aquifers with the same amount of water that they withdraw. . Keith Schneider.
CEQA Developments
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Part 3 of 4), posted 12/1/21 on SLoG Law Blog (noting agency leaders, such as a city council, “are elected officials who inevitably pay attention to politics even when acting in a quasi-judicial capacity (hearing a CEQA appeal)”.) Resources Code,] § 21168.5.) Such a prejudicial abuse of discretion has been demonstrated here.”
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The dispute highlights the limits of California’s landmark groundwater law—especially if you’re not a large corporation. This local fight in Cuyama Valley comes as the overuse of water by industrial farms is gaining attention as a nationwide problem for America’s aquifers. Boycott signs are starting to pop up in Cuyama Valley.
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